hi all, here is a hand i played a couple of weeks back. mirek, my opponent in this particular pot, had lost a couple of buy-ins and was playing pretty wildly. raising preflop with rubbish and generally trying to run over the table.

FullTiltPoker Game #634459841: Table Kishner (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:00:45 ET - 2006/05/13
Seat 1: bitemeie ($49.05)
Seat 2: hoppa1 ($142.35)
Seat 3: unkysimba ($27.75)
Seat 4: 5burg ($51.80)
Seat 5: mirek ($50)
Seat 6: Plumbob12 ($37.85)
5burg posts the small blind of $0.25
mirek posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hoppa1 [7c 8h]
Plumbob12 folds
bitemeie folds
hoppa1 calls $0.50
unkysimba folds
5burg calls $0.25
mirek raises to $2
hoppa1 calls $1.50
5burg folds
*** FLOP *** [7h 8d 2s]
mirek bets $4
hoppa1 raises to $13
mirek calls $9
*** TURN *** [7h 8d 2s]
mirek checks
hoppa1 bets $127.35, and is all in
mirek calls $35, and is all in
hoppa1 shows [7c 8h]
mirek shows [7s Jd]
Uncalled bet of $92.35 returned to hoppa1
*** RIVER *** [7h 8d 2s Js]
hoppa1 shows two pair, Eights and Sevens
mirek shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
mirek wins the pot ($97.50) with two pair, Jacks and Sevens


i should mention i was steaming a little bit as well. though i was up quite nicely in this game, i'd lost a few buy-ins the day before. i wasn't happy to see the jack, which could have completed a straight for mirek. could i have got away from this more cheaply? jack-seven wasn't really a hand i put him on. if i'd checked the turn he would have bet, and i would have had a hard time laying my 2-pair down against someone like him.

the flop was obviously a good one for me. 2-pairs with two lowish cards like 7 and 8 are easily outdrawn i think. anyone with any thoughts?

bad beat.

I think you played it fine, although maybe you should have bet the turn.

I'd be a little worried about the str8 on the turn, but not worried enough to fold.